League Play-Off

Valsorda
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Carmine Franceschi started the match with the kick off. Alvaro Manfredi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damiano Buonanno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute of the match Emiliano Cardillo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alvaro Manfredi skillfully saved the ball. In the 10th minute, Bernardo Graziani hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damiano Buonanno in the 13th minute of play forced BARI's goalkeeper Alvaro Manfredi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Stagno AFC booed when BARI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alvaro Pocobello didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alvaro Manfredi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonio Parente, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Alvaro Pocobello kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. In the 19th minute of the match Emiliano Cardillo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alvaro Manfredi skillfully saved the ball. Alvaro Manfredi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ercole Ottavi in the 21st minute of play. 24 minutes into the match, Carmine Franceschi notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Stagno AFC's Emanuele Panino. Emanuele Panino was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. BARI's Dennis Esposito shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 28th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Emanuele Panino but with some difficulty. BARI's Alvaro Manfredi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ercole Ottavi in the 32nd minute of play. BARI's Comunardo Tarulli got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Carmine Franceschi managed to get in a good position for a shot. BARI's supporters rose to their feet, but Carmine Franceschi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emanuele Panino breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alvaro Manfredi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Achille Amicone went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Carmine Franceschi managed to get in a good position for a shot. BARI's supporters rose to their feet, but Carmine Franceschi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emanuele Panino breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 43rd minute, Comunardo Tarulli got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Carmine Franceschi came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the BARI fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Carmine Franceschi couldn't finish the play. After 47 minutes, Emiliano Cardillo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stagno AFC and the BARI players grew even worse after the yellow card. BARI's Corrado Cacciatore was substituted for Comunardo Tarulli. A collision led to Stagno AFC getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Emiliano Cardillo hit a great ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Achille Amicone to strike the kick off in the second half. Carmine Franceschi's late challenge caught a Stagno AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Carmine Franceschi helped the player get up and apologised. Carmine Franceschi hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. 58 minutes into the match, Damiano Buonanno notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of BARI's Alvaro Manfredi. Alvaro Manfredi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, BARI's Dario Zaino got a free kick in the 65th minute. Emiliano Cardillo shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. A collision led to Stagno AFC getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Alfonso Savoia hit a great ball. The supporters of BARI booed when Stagno AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfonso Savoia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Damiano Buonanno could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Alvaro Manfredi made a huge save. Carmine Franceschi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Carmine Franceschi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Emanuele Panino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Stagno AFC defense, Corrado Cacciatore kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emanuele Panino. The Stagno AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emanuele Panino should have stopped the shot. A collision led to BARI getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Achille Iacovone hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, BARI's Enrico Serantoni got a free kick in the 99th minute. In the 101st minute of the match Emiliano Cardillo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alvaro Manfredi skillfully saved the ball. Despite being the better team, Stagno AFC failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.